Whitehorse Daily Star

October 30, 2019

• 2019 called a strong year for tourism in Dawson Some three dozen members of the tourism community operating in Dawson and the Klondike gathered for a few hours in the Downtown Hotel Conference Room earlier this month to review the past season.
• Community Safety Program Bolstered The Selkirk First Nation received a new community safety officer truck last Friday at Whitehorse Motors,
• Open the doors to electoral reform: Hassard On the day after a letter to the Members’ Services Board from an ex-clerk criticizing the electoral reform commission was wiped from the legislature’s record, interim Opposition Leader Stacey Hassard took another step in relation to the issue.
• Structural integrity concerns spurred closure The federal building on Range Road was closed last Tuesday
• Halloween Frolics The Arctic foxes, red foxes and the lynx at the Yukon Wildlife Preserve were fed pumpkin lunches last Sunday.
• Free parking called an investment in city’s core City council voted Monday to expand its support for the upcoming Yukoner Appreciation Day by providing more free parking.
• Relocated statue honours Father Mouchet A 400-pound statue of the Virgin Mary has been transported to Carcross after it was discovered in a building in Old Crow.
• Speaker’s activities could be seen as partisan: YP The official Opposition is advocating for Nils Clarke, the Speaker of the legislature, to be constrained from partisan activities by an official code of conduct.
• Air North to expand to Watson Lake, B.C. cities Air North is in expansion mode again.

October 29, 2019

• City broadens support for Yukoner Appreciation Day City council voted Monday to expand its support for the upcoming Yukoner Appreciation Day by providing more free parking.
• Speaker objects to actions by two MLAs Revised A letter from an ex-clerk of the legislative assembly criticizing the Liberal government’s approach to electoral reform was wiped from the record of the assembly’s working papers last Thursday, in one of two rulings by Speaker Nils Clarke.
• Two dead after vehicle leaves highway Two Whitehorse residents have died in the Watson Lake area after their vehicle left the Alaska Highway and plunged down an embankment.

October 28, 2019

• Judge makes rulings on defamation countersuit A Yukon Supreme Court justice has made several decisions related to a woman’s countersuit regarding a defamation suit brought against her by a former faculty member of Yukon College.
• First Poppy Presented Joe Mewett, the president of the Whitehorse branch of the Royal Canadian Legion,
• New Outreach van to hit the streets soon The Blood Ties Four Directions Centre cut the ribbon for the new Outreach van Friday.
• Lack of forensic audit halted Many Rivers probe: RCMP The RCMP’s investigation into Many Rivers Counselling Services was halted when the Yukon government opted not to pursue a forensic audit, the police say.
• No explanation available for federal building’s closure There was no information available this morning regarding last week’s sudden closure of the federal building on Range Road.
• Ribbon snipped for new Nares River Bridge After two years of construction, the Nares River (Naataase Héen) Bridge replacement in Carcross is finished.
• Solutions proposed for shelter-area problems The Whitehorse Emergency Shelter will undergo a number of significant changes geared to addressing the issue of homelessness in Yukon and the safety concerns of community members.